Bust

Anne Frank - bust

Inscription

{On the base of the sculpture:}
Anne Frank, 1929 - 1945, Sculptor Doreen Kern

{On a nearby plaque:}
Anne Frank 1929 - 1945
"A triumph of the spirit"
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the birth of Anne Frank, 12 June 1929.
Gift of Richard and Yvonne Sherrington
Sculptor: Doreen Kern

 

Site: British Library memorials (8 memorials)

NW1, Euston Road, The British Library

All the sculptures are inside the main building.

See Father Jellicoe for the Gilbert Bayes finials, some of which are/were on display in the BL.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Anne Frank - bust

Subjects commemorated i

Anne Frank

Born Frankfurt, Germany. Died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp i...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Anne Frank - bust

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Richard and Yvonne Sherrington

We can find no information about this couple.

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Doreen Kern

British sculptor. From Art UK: "Sculptor in bronze. Technical knowledge was a...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Anne Frank - bust

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Opening of the British Library

Opening of the British Library

This inscription is opposite the entrance, below the Shakespeare statue.

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Sir Hans Sloane - British Library

Sir Hans Sloane - British Library

This bust is a 20th-century replica after Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.

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Sir Joseph Banks - British Library

Sir Joseph Banks - British Library

This bust is a 20th-century replica after Anne Seymour Damer, 1814.

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Sir Robert Cotton

Sir Robert Cotton

This bust is a 20th-century replica after Louis-François Roubiliac, 1757.

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